Ore wa Mada, Honki o Dashite Inai

Chapter 97

Sword of Light, Sword of Darkness

Translated by Mlzkzr
Edited by Mlzkzr

On a sunny afternoon, I dressed up as the “prodigal head” and went out on the town.

“Ah, it’s the Lord. Hello.”

“Hermes-sama, please stop by our shop.”

“Oy Hermes, can you buy me a drink today?”

When I wander around at random, I’m approached by all kinds of people.

Most of them were favorable.

Most of them are proper residents, but there are also some people who look like thugs, and they talk to me in a friendly manner.

As I was wandering around randomly in this manner, I noticed that a certain store had a huge line of people waiting in line.

Wondering what it was, I approached and spoke to the last man in line.

“Hey, what is this line for?”

“Aahn? I mean, aren’t you Hermes-sama. Don’t you know, this?”

“That’s why I’m asking you.”

“It’s mayonnaise, mayonnaise.”

“Meyonese?”

The sound of the word I heard for the first time made me tilt my head.

It’s a word I’ve never heard of before, so I have no idea what it is.

“What is mayonnaise?”

“It’s food, you know. It’s food that’s been a legend for hundreds of years.”

“A legend for hundreds of years?”

“Ah. We’ve only ever known how to use oil to make it until now, but it seems that the Demon King nearby has been in a good mood lately and has opened up the ruins of her domain to adventurers, and that’s where they found the recipe.”

“Demon King, heh”

Is he talking about Kaori?

So that means it’s a recipe found in an archaeological site that Kaori managed for hundreds of years.

That’s…… it’s kind of amazing.

“It seems that this food was originally brought in by people from another world.”

“Aren’t you using the story of another world too much?”

I smiled wryly.

I don’t believe at all that it is a recipe from another world, but if Kaori is involved, I’m a bit curious.

I quickly stepped forward.

Heading to the front of the line, I cut in towards the storefront.

“Hey, what are you doing?”

“I’m sorry, let me buy it a little earlier.”

“What do―― or rather, aren’t you Hermes-sama”

The woman at the front of the line looked at me, pursed her lips, but said nothing more.

It’s a small thing to interrupt a line, but it’s just the right amount of smallness as I play the role of a prodigal head.

I cut in at the head of the line and asked the shopkeeper.

“Err, mayonnaise, please.”

“Lord-sama, since you’ve come here with great trouble, would you like to try a sample?”

“Sample, that’s right, I’ll try it just a bit”

“Yes, here you go”

The store clerk said so then handed me a fresh, presumably freshly picked cucumber with something white and creamy on top. (TN: Well, you get the picture)

Since I already know what a cucumber is――

“Is this white one the Mayonnaise?”

“Yes, eat it and see.”

“Yeah, thanks for the food……delicious!”

The cucumber with mayonnaise on it spread a kind of deliciousness the moment it was placed in my mouth.

It was sweet, slightly sour, rich, and creamy.

“This, is so good!”

“It’s not just cucumbers, it goes well with many things.”

“I bet. This would go well with noodles or fried food or something, ah, it might also be nice to eat it with rice by itself.”

“Oh, Lord-sama is a connoisseur. There are people these days who call it mayo, and they say that the combination of only rice and mayonnaise is the most delicious.”

“Yeah. Wrap this up for me, about ten servings.”

“Thank you very much.”

I received the bottled mayonnaise in a paper bag in exchange for my payment and left the store.

I’ll have to thank Kaori later for such delicious food.

Carrying a paper bag full of mayonnaise, I wander around the town.

It tasted so good that I opened the lid of the jar and scooped up small bits with my fingers and licked it off.

However, recently, various things have been found in the ruins.

They also found the dorayaki a little while ago.

I, started to take some interest in these “ruins”.

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“In the Canoe family territory, there is only one place that can be called a ruin.”

After returning home, I tried talking to my sister about the “ruins”, and she gave me that answer.

“There is, a ruin here?”

“Yes”

“Where is it?”

“It’s a place that even Hermes has been to.”

“Me……?”

Huh, have I ever been to a ruin before?

“Don’t you remember, it’s First generation-sama’s cave of trials, you know”

“Ah, that……”

I see, it is true that that as well is considered as a ruin.

“……That place, is it okay to go in there?”

“Normally it’s off-limits, but Hermes is the head of this city, so no one can stop him.”

“Fumu”

That Cave of Trials, huh?

I’ve done it before during the ordeal anyway, and it’s not like things could get any worse than it did.

I, decided to visit the ruins.

☆

The next day, I headed alone to the Cave of Trials.

Nee-san wanted to follow me, but I appropriately said something at random and befuddled her.

Things couldn’t get any worse than that―― that’s what I thought, but I still think it would be safer to go alone.

I came to the Cave of Trials alone, while walking on the path I had taken before.

Now then, I wondered, are there any treasures lying here?

I went into the cave.

By the way, I won’t pass through all the trial coins, and I won’t even touch them.

Because if something weird happens as I touch it with my hands, I can’t even look at it.

With this in mind, I entered the cave―― at that time.

Gashan.

The ancestral sword given to me by the king and always worn at my waist made such a sound.

The string I used for its belt broke, and it fell noisily to the ground.

“Oops, my bad”

I bent down and tried to pick it up ―― but.

The sword skidded along with its scabbard and left me.

Then, a woman emerged from the ground.

A woman whose whole body is translucent and looks like a ghost.

She has distinctive long, black hair, and she looks like someone I’ve seen somewhere before.

The woman holds up her hand and looks at my sword for a moment.

『Brings back memories』

“Eh?”

『……Fuh. I ask you』

The woman smiles and holds up her hand further.

Two swords emerged from between me and the woman.

『The one you drop, is it this sword of light or this sword of darkness? 』

“Both of them are not mine, but it is there. What I dropped was that rag sword.”

『You’re an honest man. 』

The woman smiled amusedly.

“No, an honest man, what do you mean”

『As a reward, I will put these two blades in your sword. 』

“Eh?”

Right after that, both the sword of light and the sword of darkness were sucked into my sword.

After completely merging, the woman gave me back the sword.

『Well then』

“Wait a minute ――”

I reached out and tried to stop her, but the woman disappeared.

I was left with only my sword.

I felt like I was being bewitched by a fox, but I cautiously pulled my sword out of its scabbard――

“Uwaa……”

Then, I let out a dejected voice.

It was a worn-out sword, but the moment I unsheathed it, I could see a black light——the blade was emitting a dark light.

I pull it out completely and shake it lightly.

The walls of the cave, the rock walls, were cut like tofu.

“This…… I’ll definitely be misunderstood with this. Something like I came back after powering up in the Cave of Trials.”

『After all, Hermes is amazing if he gets serious. 』

When I misheard nee-san’s words in my head, I couldn’t help but sigh.